Why San Francisco 49ers Will Win the NFC Divisional Round
It’s Dallas. You know the epic meltdown is coming at some point.
To keep hammering on this, Tampa Bay wasn’t very good at football this year. Outside of being trapped inside its own head, Dallas shouldn’t have come close to losing that game and was supposed to come away from that with a win.
Don’t look too much into that.
Eventually Brock Purdy is going to be Brock Purdy … but maybe not.
The body of work is too strong now over the last several weeks to chalk up a potential bad performance to being the last player picked in the draft. He’s a solid mid-level passer who’s great at getting the ball in the hands of his playmakers, he’s getting time to work, and he doesn’t have to play hero ball – there’s no reason to take any chances.
Get it to Christian, George, and Deebo, and they’ll take care of the rest. Purdy has been brilliant at that so far.
Yes, the San Francisco resumé of great wins is a tad lacking, but it’s doing what it’s supposed to against mediocre teams – it’s drilling them. Eight of the last nine wins were by more than seven points. It’s doing something right.
As great as Dallas has been, turnovers have been a problem. It was clean against the Buccaneers, but before that the offense turned it over 14 times in the previous seven games. As Seattle showed last week, just one mistake can cause the avalanche.
But …
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